I didn't understand until I spent some time in Spain about the Spanish hierarchy regarding South America; they're really bad towards each other in certain quarters. Bolivian? You're lowest of the low.Tribble wrote:I spent a significant part of my youth growing up in San Francisco. Let me tell you, Asians are among the most racist people I've met in my life. Especially against other Asians with the Japanese being particularly bad, but the Koreans and Chinese playing right along with them.CaptainFluffyBunny wrote:Anybody that believes "people of color" cannot be racist need only visit certain neighborhoods and they will be disabused of that notion very quickly. If they survive. Dumbfucks. There's also a huge Korean community where I live, and a large black community. Their prevailing views of one another are often "colorful." How would one describe that? Racism seems to fit the bill just fine..
Now, the reason the 'Japanese win' in my book is because they're racist even against themselves such as being from the wrong island (Okinawa) or ethnic sub-group (Ainu). Plus the racism can even extend to descendents of former Japanese colonies or those born and raised abroad, such as Japanese-Americans from Hawaii or California who are not considered 'real' Japanese.
That isn't to downplay other racism. I've seen it in all ethnic groups in my life. But to pretend there isn't racism among other ethnic subgroups toward other ethnic subgroups, including minority-on-majority racism is just stupid.
South Africa is interesting, too. For a country recently defined by race, some South Africans can be very focused on it. I don't mean in necessarily racist fashion, but in the incessant description and categorisation of differen races. The Indians get in on it too, dividing themselves up between Islam and Hinduism. It's fascinating, and utterly different from Europe or the US (that I've seen).